Today on May 9 -- Victory Day in the former USSR as it was on this day in 1945 that the Soviets formally accepted the German surrender --...

The two remarkable documents republished here are from the first anniversary of the February 2, 1943 victory. A street in Stalingrad just...

Tanks produced in Leningrad factories drive straight to the front down the Nevsky Prospekt to try to break the siege, January 1943 --...

Roza Shanina, born 3 April 1924, grew up in a large working class family in a small town outside of Arkhangelsk. Her parents had named...

A woman embraces a soldier with joy on the day the Siege of Leningrad was lifted, January 27, 1944 -- Daily LIFT #634 On January 27, 1944...

1941, painting Viktor Ni (1934-1979), USSR 1969 -- Daily LIFT #608 Haunting artistic evocation of the start of the Great Patriotic War in...

Soviet soldiers man an air defense gun in Moscow during the Battle of Moscow. In the background can be seen the famous socialist realist...

On December 5, 1941 the Red Army launched a counter-offensive against the Nazi invaders at the very gates of Moscow. This was totally...

French Resistance fighter with her rifle and rounds in Rouen during the liberation, 1944 -- Daily LIFT #586 Rouen was finally liberated...

Soviet partisans after the liberation of the Crimea from the Nazis, May 1944 -- Daily LIFT #483

An Soviet account of the incredible bravery of the Red Army garrison in the opening days of the Nazi invasion. The Courage Monument in...

Happy Victory Day! May 9th, 1945 was Victory Day in the USSR when the Soviets officially accepted the surrender of Germany after years of...

With two bonus views. Text translated from the Russian. The city of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea was a prominent and storied port in...

The Barrow of Glory, USSR 1969 -- Daily LIFT #409 Located 21 kilometers outside of Minsk on the Moscow Highway, the Barrow of Glory was...

8th Yugoslav Partisans' Corps marches through Mostar after liberating it, February 1945 -- Daily LIFT #390 On February 14, 1945 the city...

Monument to the Young Guards in Krasnodon -- erected in the Ukrainian SSR, 1954 On February 9, 1943, five heroic leaders and partisans of...

On January 27, 1944 the Red Army finally lifted the siege of Leningrad. These contrasting images of the city during the days of the war...

Decisive moment in the victory at Stalingrad. On January 26, 1943 Soviet forces captured the heights of Mamayev Kurgan in the city of...

Hero of the Soviet Union, Ace Pilot and and Night Bomber. Hero of the Soviet Union, Nadezhda Popova, ace pilot and and night bomber was...

Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, murdered November 29, 1941 "You hang me now, but I'm not alone. There are 200 million of us. You can't hang us...